Years ago, when I was learning to roll I put together a "breathing tube" from a three foot (give or take) length of garden hose with a diving regulator mouthpiece taped onto one end. The free end of the hose would be tucked into my sprayskirt tube so when the boat was inverted I could breath the air in the boat providing unlimited (yeah, I know, not quite) down time to really work the bugs out of my technique. It worked really well! Of course you need either a face mask or nose plugs in order to prevent taking water up the nose when you inhale. Since then I have mentioned my "breathing tube" to others only to find that people who are familiar with breathing through snorkels do much better with it then those folks who do not have that experiance. The other drawback to it is the panicked looks on the faces of onlookers when I finally came up, who didn't realize what I was doing. As far as it's use as a viable rescue device - - - - well who am I to question Steph Dutton? Personally, I think it's just one more piece of equipment cluttering up what precious space I have. I would rather spend a bit more time working on my rescue skills and save the space in my boat for something more important like a nice bottle of wine. Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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